MAKING MOVIES IN THIS WEEK'S "REAL LIFE" TODAY. >> DAVID YOU DO SO MANY
DIFFERENT THINGS IN
ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY.
YOU'RE A WRITER AND ACTOR AND
YOU'VE DONE PRODUCTION AND JUST
A WHOLE LIST OF STUFF.
I WOULD THINK THAT WE KIND OF
SIT HERE AND THINK MAN HE MUST
LIVE SUCH AN EXCITING LIFE SO
LET'S START.
TELL US ABOUT WHAT'S IT LIKE.
IS SORT OF YOU'RE DOING THE
HOLLYWOOD LIFESTYLE FROM A
CHRISTIAN - BEING A CHRISTIAN
AND LIVING FOR GOD.
WHAT'S IT LIKE?
>> WHAT'S IT LIKE?
WOW.
YOU KNOW I JUST - I FEEL REALLY
BLESSED TO BE ABLE TO DO WHAT I
DO.
I'M A KID FROM KANSAS, YOU KNOW?
I GREW UP WORKING - SMALL TOWN,
OUTSIDE OF DODGE CITY.
YEP.
>> OKAY.
TUMBLE WEEDS BLOWING THROUGH.
>> YES.
I GREW UP IN A MININITE
COMMUNITY.
THEY MAKE THE MORMONS LOOK LIKE
A PACK OF HELL'S ANGELS.
[LAUGHING] MY FATHER WAS A
PASTOR IN THAT CHURCH THERE AND
THERE'S ANOTHER JOKE THAT LIKE A
SMALL TOWN - THEY THEY GROWING
UP IN A SMALL TOWN IS LIKE
GROWING UP IN THE 1950'S BUT
SINCE WE WERE IN THAT KIND OF
COMMUNITY IT WAS LIKE THE
1850'S.
>> VERY TRUE.
>> I REMEMBER I WAS JUST TELLING
SOMEBODY ABOUT THIS LAST NIGHT
AS I REMEMBER SITTING ON A
TRACTOR WITH NOTHING BUT WHEAT
IN FRONT AND BACK OF ME AND
NOTHING BUT THIS ENDLESS OCEAN
OF WHEAT AND THINK I HAD THIS
DREAM INSIDE OF ME TO BE IN THE
ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY AND I
DIDN'T KNOW WHERE THAT CAME FROM
BECAUSE I'D NEVER TAKEN A DRAMA
CLASS AND SAW ONE MOVIE THE
FIRST 18 YEARS OF MY LIFE.
>> MUST HAVE BEEN FROM GOD.
>> MOVIES WEREN'T EVEN IN MY DNA
SO EVERY DAY WHEN I WAKE UP AND
I GET TO DO THE THINGS I GET TO
DO I'M GRATEFUL.
>> TAKE US FROM SMALL TOWN IN
THAT LITTLE INKLING YOU WANTED
TO MAKE FILMS.
WHERE DID YOU GO AFTER THAT?
HOW DID YOU GET OUT OF KANSAS?
>> YOU'RE NOT IN KANSAS ANYMORE.
>> RIGHT.
>> I WENT TO MOODY BIBLE
INSTITUTE IN CHICAGO.
WHEN MY FAMILY HAD ALL GONE AND
GRADUATED AND MET THEIR
SIGNIFICANT OTHERS BECAUSE WHEN
YOU'RE FROM KANSAS THERE'S NOT
IN OPTIONS.
>> SURE.
>> FOR MY FAMILY IT WAS A PLACE
TO WIDEN THE GENE POOL.
MOODY NOT DRAMA FRIENDLY EITHER.
THERE'S NO MOVIES OR PLACE OR
MUSIC.
THEY HAD A MIME TROOP.
>> SO YOU GOT INVOLVED IN THE
MIME TROOP.
THAT IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT FROM
WHAT YOU'RE DOING TODAY.
>> [LAUGHING] I THOUGHT ABOUT
TAKING MIME ALL THE WAY BUT
PRAISE JESUS, SERMON UPON MOUNT
AND MIME IS HARD.
AFTER A YEAR I CALL MIGHT DAD
AND SAID I WANT TO LEAVE BIBLE
SCHOOL AND GO TO HOLLYWOOD AND
BE AN ACTOR.
>> HOW DID HE TAKE THAT?
>> I WAS LIKE UM... HELLO?
MY PARENTS WERE COOL.
THEY SAID AS LONG AS YOU SERVE
THE LORD AND FOLLOW THE LORD AND
KEEP HIM FIRST IN YOUR LIFE,
WE'LL SUPPORT YOU IN WHATEVER
YOU WANT TO DO.
>> OKAY.
WONDERFUL.
>> I MOVED TO LOS ANGELES WHEN I
WAS 19.
I DIDN'T KNOW ANYBODY.
I LIVED IN A LITTLE SINGLE
APARTMENT ON VENICE BEACH AND
FROM KANSAS TO THERE IT WAS LIKE
MIND-BLOWING.
>> I BET.
SO HOW LONG WERE YOU THERE
BEFORE BREAKING INTO THE
INDUSTRY.
>> I BELIEVE THE LORD PUTS
DESIRES IN YOUR HEART FOR A
REASON.
EVEN THOUGH I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND
IT I JUMPED IN SIX MONTHS AFTER
BEING THERE I WAS ON A T.V. SHOW
CALLED EVENING SHADE WITH BERT
REYNOLDS.
>> SIX MONTHS SEEMS PRETTY
QUICK, RIGHT?
>> NO, IT REASONABLY QUICK.
>> THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT.
>> SO I WAS SURROUNDED BY ALL
THESE GREAT PEOPLE.
LIKE ALL THESE LEGENDS THAT I
HAD NO IDEA WHO THEY WERE
BECAUSE I'D NEVER SEEN ANY OF
THEIR MOVIE BUT THAT'S HOW GOD
OPENED THE DOOR AND THEN ONE OF
MY BREAKS IN BETWEEN SEASONS, HE
GAVE ME THIS CHRISTIAN MOVIE TO
DO.
A LITTLE MOVIE CALLED SECOND
GLANCE AND HE CONTINUED TO
PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES IN THE
CHRISTIAN FILM WORLD AND SOME OF
THE EARLY MOVIES THEY'VE ALWAYS
HAD THIS KIND OF - CHEESE FACTOR
TO THEM.
AND I WAS LIKE LORD, I'M KIND OF
DONE DOING CHRISTIAN MOVIES
CAN'T I GO BACK AND DO ANOTHER
NETWORK SHOW OR SOMETHING LIKE
THAT?
AND I WAS ON THAT SHOW WITH
PEOPLE LIKE HILLARY SWANK WHO
HAD - SCOTT WOLF.
ALL THESE KIDS.
LEO DICAPRIO WAS NEXT DOOR ON
GROWING PAINS.
TOBY MAGUIRE SO I WAS LIKE LORD,
COULD I HAVE ROCKET STRAP TO MY
BACK TO TAKE OFF?
>> SO PURE FLEX CAME IN FLICKS
BEING.
>> SO THE LORD WAS LIKE YOU
MAKE THE MOVIES BETTER.
SO WE PRODUCED OUR FIRST ONE
CALLED THE MOMENT AFTER WHICH I
BELIEVE AIRS ON YOUR NETWORK AND
I CONTINUED TO DO THOSE IN 2005
WE CREATED PURE FLICKS TO MAKE
THESE FILMS ON A CONSISTENT
BASIS THAT ARE LIFE A FIRMING
CANDIDATE GIVE PEOPLE AN
ALTERNATIVE TO WHAT HOLLYWOOD IS
DOING.
>> PURE FLICKS HAS A MOVIE
COMING OUT TOMORROW AND IT'S
CALLED GOD IS NOT - DEAD AND
WE'RE GOING TO SHOW A TRAILER
FOR THAT.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK.
>> COOL.
>> I'M PROFESSOR RADISSON AND
THIS IS PHILOSOPHY 150 AND I
WOULD LIKE TO BY PASS SENSELESS
DEBATE AND JUMP TO THE
CONCLUSION YOU ALREADY KNOW
THERE IS NO GOD.
WEAKNESS IS SOMETHING GONE.
>> I CAN'T DO WHAT YOU WANT.
I'M A CHRISTIAN.
>> IF YOU CANNOT BRING YOURSELF
TO REALIZE GOD IS DEAD YOU HAVE
TO DEFEND THE ANTITHESIS.
>> I WANT FOR THEM TO MAKE THEIR
OWN CHOICE.
>> YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH I'M
GOING TO ENJOY FAILING YOU.
>> YOU LOOKING TO FAIL ME OR
GOD?
¶ GOD IS NOT DEAD HE'S SURELY
ALIVE ¶
¶ HE'S LIVING ON THE INSIDE
ROARING LIKE A LION ¶
>> DAVID TELL US WHY WE SHOULD
GO AND SEE THIS MOVIE?
>> IT'S SPECIAL BECAUSE WE ASKED
THE CHURCH LEADERS WHAT IS IT
THEY FELT PURE FLICKS SHOULD DO
AND CREATE AND THEY TALKED ABOUT
A MOVIE THAT HELPS CHRISTIANS TO
KNOW WHAT THEY BELIEVE AND WHY
THEY BELIEVE THAT AND BEING ABLE
- THAT VERSE SAYS ALWAYS BE ABLE
TO BE A DEFENSE FOR THE HOPE
THAT IS IN YOU.
THIS MOVIE ASKS THE MOST
IMPORTANT QUESTION IN LIFE IS
THERE A GOD.
AND IF SO, WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE
AND HOW WILL THAT TRANSFORM YOUR
LIFE?
>> RIGHT.
RIGHT.
>> WE'RE EXCITED TO BRING IT
OUT.
IT'S - WE'VE SHOWED IT TO OVER
8,000 PASTORS ACROSS THE UNITED
STATES AND CHURCH GROUPS ALL
OVER ARE GETTING BEHIND IT.
THERE'S A LOT OF TRUE STORIES
AND WE SHOW THE DISCRIMINATION
THAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR
UNIVERSITY TODAY.
THIS IS A GREAT MOVIE TO BRING
UNSAVED FRIENDS TO THAT MIGHT
NOT COME TO A SUNDAY MORNING
SERVICE BUT WILL COME TO SEE A
MOVIE.
>> OPENING WEEK SEND IMPORTANT.
>> IT'S TOMORROW.
YEAH.
>> IT MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE
INTO HOLLYWOOD SO IF YOU CAN GO
OPENING NIGHT OR WEEKEND PLEASE
DO SO AND YOU WON'T BE
DISAPPOINTED.
THERE'S DUCK GUYS IN ITS
NEWS BOYS AND SO MANY WONDERFUL
ACTORS AND ELEMENTS TO THIS
MOVIE.
>> AND IT'S PG.
GREAT FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY AND
YOU CAN TAKE THE KIDS.
>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
>> IT WAS GREAT HAVING YOU HERE.
>> THANK YOU.
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